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France in now the fifth European country to criminalize the clients of prostitutes

Belgian prosecutors release new footage of the key surviving Brussels airport attack suspect, showing the route he took after leaving the area.

Ramón Fonseca, a co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, proclaimed his firm's innocence. But some say the leak's contents are at odds with how he has tried to portray himself and his role in Panama.

The workers from the al-Badia Cement Company were abducted near Damascus

A singer in Indonesia died after she was bitten by a cobra she was handling as part of her act, but not before finishing her routine and leaving the stage, news reports say. Irma Bule, 29, was singing at a party in Karaw...

Russian Communist Party officials have launched a revolution over their beloved red star -- seeking to copyright the five-pointed proletariat symbol so that Macy's and Heineken can't use it. "Sometimes, our symbols are u...

North Korea has developed a large-caliber multiple launch rocket system that has the capability to strike Seoul as early as this year, South Korea's defense minister said Wednesday.

The Obama administration plans to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees before the end of September

European officials are seeking a "more humane and efficient" strategy to handling the migrant crisis

Vietnam's rubber-stamp parliament on Thursday elected Nguyen Xuan Phuc as prime minister, and he takes office at a time of soaring public debt, a worrying budget deficit and China's growing assertiveness in nearby seas. ...

Letter from church to members recognises they have been persecuted but says it cannot yet allow same-sex marriages The Welsh Anglican church has apologised unreservedly for its mistreatment of gay and lesbian people, say...

President Putin denies "any element of corruption" over the Panama Papers leaks, and says his opponents are trying to destabilise Russia.

French police arrested a suspected gunman Thursday after shots were fired near Parisian cafes targeted in November's attacks. No injuries were reported but the incident rattled nerves in a city still on edge. …

The Financial Conduct Authority has given banks and financial institutions until next week to reveal any links to the leak.

Three motorcycle-riding assailants hacked and shot a student to death as he was walking with a friend in the capital of Bangladesh, police said Thursday. …

A high school musical in New Zealand got a little too real when a prop razor used in a throat-slitting scene ended up cutting two boy's necks and sending them to a local hospital overnight. …

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Gulf state ministers Thursday as differences over Iran and a host of regional conflicts cloud the relationship between the countries.

Party leader and longtime democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a position in Myanmar's government -- one created especially for her.

Contrary to earlier reports, Tripoli-based PM Khalifa Ghweil refuses to cede power to UN-backed unity government.

Voters in the Netherlands resoundingly said "no" to EU-Ukraine pact, dealing an embarrassing blow to the government.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz earned a big victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday, topping Donald Trump and moving the Republican Party closer to a historic contested convention this summer.

In a letter to the European Council president in 2013, he said that the solutions for addressing the misuse of companies "may well not be appropriate generally"